The songstress, who arrived at the 2011 Grammys in an egg, added: "I'm going this year as a fried egg instead of hard-boiled."

As the 27-year-old singer unveiled the artwork for Applause, the first single from her third album, she admitted her injury was worse than she thought.

"My injury was actually a lot worse than just a labral tear. I had broken my hip. Nobody knew, and I haven't even told the fans yet," she said.

"But when we got all the MRIs finished before I went to surgery there were giant craters, a hole in my hip the size of a quarter, and the cartilage was just hanging out the other side of my hip. I had a tear on the inside of my joint and a huge breakage."

She added: "The surgeon told me that if I had done another show I might have needed a full hip replacement. I would have been out at least a year, maybe longer."

Gaga said her six-month recovery period gave her time to reassess her upcoming album, which is due out later this year.

"I had six months to beef up my brain and my body. I was given the time to really be creative because it's a gazing process, it really is. I have to gaze into the work for long periods of time for it to be good," she admitted.

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